diff --git a/frontend/src/components/URLShortener/URLShortener.tsx b/frontend/src/components/URLShortener/URLShortener.tsx
index 98397d0..f956873 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/URLShortener/URLShortener.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/URLShortener/URLShortener.tsx
@@ -28,13 +28,11 @@ export default function URLShortener() {
     }
 
     try {
-      const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
 
       // Send the POST request to the backend
       await axios
         .post("http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/v1/shorten", {
-          url: url,
-          timestamp: timestamp,
+          url: url
         })
         .then((response) => {
           if (response) {
diff --git a/shortenit/main.py b/shortenit/main.py
index f9d90b1..7b8bc2b 100644
--- a/shortenit/main.py
+++ b/shortenit/main.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def main() -> typing.NoReturn:
     sys.exit(0)
 
 
-def shorten_it(config: dict, session: Session, data: str, ttl: int):
+def shorten_it(config: dict, session: Session, data: str, ttl: int = 0):
     shortener = Shortener(session, config)
     identifier = shortener.generate_uuid()
     if identifier:
diff --git a/shortenit/models/objects.py b/shortenit/models/objects.py
index e7fc16c..716c107 100644
--- a/shortenit/models/objects.py
+++ b/shortenit/models/objects.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Pointer(base.Base):
     __tablename__ = "pointers"
     id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True, index=True, init=False)
     data: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(index=True)
-    ttl: Mapped[str]
+    ttl: Mapped[int]
     link_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(ForeignKey("links.id"))
     link: Mapped["Link"] = relationship(back_populates="pointers")
     timestamp: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(default=func.now())
diff --git a/shortenit/web.py b/shortenit/web.py
index c9fdcac..f4920ab 100644
--- a/shortenit/web.py
+++ b/shortenit/web.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class SiteHandler:
         self.shorten_url = shorten_url
         self.lenghten_url = lenghten_url
         self.shortenit_load_format = trafaret.Dict(
-            {trafaret.Key("url"): trafaret.URL, trafaret.Key("timestamp"): trafaret.Int}
+            {trafaret.Key("url"): trafaret.URL}
         )
 
     def _get_server_config(self):
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ class SiteHandler:
                 self.configuration.get("Shortener", None),
                 self.database,
                 data["url"],
-                data["timestamp"],
             )
             short_url = self._get_url(stub)
         except KeyError as e: